Happy Halloween!...What do I do with these pumpkin seeds??

[chickiyo]

First off Happy Halloween to everyone out there.

I just finished carving some pumpkins, and I have ALOT of pumpkin seeds. And as I am a newbie to this whole chicken raising business, I was wondering if you guys could tell me if it is alright to feed my chickens leftover pumpkin seeds? I am worried about the size of the seeds.... will they choke?

 

[Cargo]

They grind it up in their crop.

 

[bburn]

Throw them in the run. They will eat them....mine are getting ready for their third pumpkin in three weeks. And what they miss will seed the ground and grow. I have been pulling up the little seedlings and giving them to the girls.

 

[HeritageHens]

So they can swallow them without choking? Mine are ~13 weeks but 1 appears to be a banty

and one is a runt who is trying to catch up with the others. Like the OP, I don't want them to choke.

 

[woodmort]

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Assuming they have access to grit, anything that they can get through their beaks will be ground up in their gizzards. No need to worry.

 

[bjash]

And after you're done with Halloween, through the whole pumpkin in there. The only thing that will be left will be the stem. It might take them a while to go through it, but they will (mine do!).

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

Soak them in salt water, bake them, & eat them!

 

[HeritageHens]

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Assuming they have access to grit, anything that they can get through their beaks will be ground up in their gizzards. No need to worry.

Thank you!

 

[moetrout]

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You would not believe the things and the size of things I have seen my chickens eat. It makes me cringe sometimes!

 

[mstricer]

pumpkins are a gut cleaner